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With a famed Chicago hair stylist's name - Mario Tricoci - now aligned with a local cosmetology school, students and clients can expect a few changes to come to the Lafayette academy that's been teaching future cosmetologists since 1966.

A new curriculum delivered by iPads, a renovated salon and an emphasis on professional development will soon come to what was once Lafayette Beauty Academy. The school, 833 Ferry St., will now be known as the Lafayette campus of the Tricoci University of Beauty Culture, an expanding beauty education provider founded by Tricoci. The company acquired the ...